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Bernie Sanders quits the race for president as Democrats urge Obama to quickly endorse Joe Biden, the Black vote crucial to the 2020 general election and Obama a former president and the nation's first Black president....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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From left: Democratic U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who this week suspended his campaign for president, former vice president and likely Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden, and former president Barack Obama, also a Democrat and the nations's first Black president who served two terms as president (2009-2016) with Biden as his vice president Clevelandurbannews .com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog, both also top in black digital news in the Midwest.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper

Coronavirus is killing Blacks, Latinos at more than double the rate of Whites in New York City, with similar disparities seen nationwide in certain sectors...By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief New York City- The coronavirus is killing Black and Latino Americans in New York City at twice the rate of Whites, an alarming statistic that reminds the Black community in particular that racism and racial disparities are alive and well in America, pandemic crisis aside. But stats in general show an unprecedented trend of racial disparities in segments across the country when it comes to the deadly disease, disparities data regarding African Americans that have put Civil Rights groups

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Cleveland endorses Joe Biden for president as Ohio's extended primary election deadline nears...Brown joins Ohio Congresspersons Marcia Fudge Marcy Kaptur and Tim Ryan, among other prominent Ohio Dems, in endorsing Biden for president....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel

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Former vice president Joe Biden (left), the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president, and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat and Ohio's most prominent Democrat Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat and Ohio's most prominent Democrat, on Tuesday announced his endorsement of former vice president Joe Biden for president as Ohio's April 28 extended primary deadline nears , an election relegated to

Voting Rights Act under attack: Federal judge rejects ACLU, League of Women Voters lawsuit challenging Ohio's rescheduled primary election as Democratic women leaders of Cuyahoga County work to get out the vote, the deadline for Ohio's mail-in only primary of which is April 28, 2020....Ohio has more than 4,450 confirmed coronavirus cases with 1,214 hospitalizations and 142 people dead....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio- A federal district judge has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Ohio ACLU, the League of Women's Voters of Ohio, and several other voters rights groups that challenged a new state law that essentially precludes in- person and poll voting for this year's primary and extends the deadline to April 28 via mail-in voting, an election delayed by Gov Mike DeWine for the March 17 primary in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Ohio has more th

Six inmates in county jail in Cleveland test positive for the coronavirus, the warden resigns, and common pleas judges like Nancy Fuerst remain under fire as activists demand an FBI investigation of Judge Fuerst and a potential indictment on public corruption charges.....Fuerst is accused of denying Blacks indigent counsel and speedy trial rights, refusing to journalize trial dates and issuing illegal arrest warrants if they fail to appear, scheduling trials in less then 24 hours without notice and issuing warrants against Blacks who fail to appear, and among other impropriety, refusing to journalize when Blacks appear for trial and White cops illegally targeting them fail to appear....Community activists say all inmates are at risk as to the coronavirus outbreak in the Cuyahoga County Jail and call for the jail to be shut down...All of the county jail leaders are White while most of the inmates are Black....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , the most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog in Ohio and in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com -CLEVELAND, Ohio- Six inmates in the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland have tested positive for COVID-19, a health crisis that activists say raises questions on whether the other 1054 inmates housed in the jail are at risk, a disproportionate number of them Black. Sources said that most of the six inmates at issue are Black.  Greater Cleveland activist Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc.  "